Education, Knowledge and Truth Beyond the Postmodern Impasse

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Synopsis

This collection aims to explore different conceptions of epistemological inquiry and their influence on pedagogy and the curricular content of primary and secondary education. It is arguable that curriculum policy makers have continued to subscribe to a foundationalist paradigm of rational educational planning. This is, however, considered largely untenable by educational philosophers in light of the impact of 'postmodern' philsophical critiques on the notions of objectivity, truth and authority in our claims for knowledge. This volume fills a major gap in the current literature of educational philosophy by calling for the establishment of a coherent route between rational foundationalism and intellectually promiscuous postmodernism in order to address the point and purpose of contemporary education.

Book details

Series:
Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
Author:
David Carr
ISBN:
9781134714322
Related ISBNs:
9780203299128, 9780415163170, 9780415163170, 9781138881068, 9781138881068
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
264
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-05-15
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2004
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction